Two Democrat Aldermen Need Chicago’s Sanctuary Legislation Amended to “Defend Legislation-Abiding Non-Residents” | The Gateway Pundit

Chicago, underneath the load of illegals flooding the Sanctuary Metropolis, is a catastrophe.

Now, two Chicago aldermen, Democrats Raymond Lopez and Silvana Tabares, have launched laws to roll again components of the town’s sanctuary regulation.

However not for the rationale one would count on, to guard Chicagoans, however somewhat “to guard law-abiding non-citizens.”

Lopes and Tabares need to be sure that “law-abiding illegals” (who entered the nation illegally) aren’t swept up in efforts to deport these accused of different crimes.

Lopez shared the proposed modification to Chicago’s Welcoming Metropolis Ordinance on X, calling for exceptions when a migrant has been arrested or convicted of sure legal actions.

Lopez shared on X, “Yesterday @AldermanTabares and I filed a Rule 41 Discover for our proposed modification to the Welcoming Metropolis Ordinance. We intend to name the matter for a ground vote subsequent Wednesday.”

“We imagine that one of the simplest ways to guard law-abiding non-citizens from the returning Trump Administration is by working with them in apprehending their precedence targets: non-citizens that CHOOSE to interact in harmful, criminality as soon as they’re in the USA. Our present WCO prohibits any coordination or cooperation, even in probably the most heinous conditions.”

“This coverage is harmful to these law-abiding undocumented and non-citizens residents as a result of, if somebody is arrested or convicted of crimes, the federal authorities aren’t notified. Ought to the federal authorities go on the lookout for these particular people looking for to deport them, there’s a excessive chance that different targets, law-abiding undocumented and non-citizen residents, could also be apprehended and deported as collateral injury. That’s a completely unacceptable but avoidable state of affairs.”

“We aren’t involved with the political theatrics of returning President Trump or Mayor Johnson. Our objective is to guard people who deserve our safety: these undocumented and non-citizen residents of Chicago that observe the regulation and contribute positively to our metropolis whereas ready for a path out of the shadows. This modification to the WCO, which is slim in scope and particular on when it may be activated, will maintain these people protected whereas sustaining the spirit of our metropolis’s historical past and immigrant traditions.”